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Is measuring bone age in children with Crohn's disease useful?

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Impaired growth is common in children and adolescents with Crohn's disease, but it can be difficult to interpret growth status accurately. Bone age is a useful measure of skeletal maturity, but should serial bone-age estimation be part of the routine care of children with Crohn's disease?

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  1. Division of GI, Department of Paediatrics, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, ON, Canada

    Thomas D. Walters

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Walters, T. Is measuring bone age in children with Crohn's disease useful?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 620–622 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.181

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